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NASA's More Obscure Lunar Research

Posted by Hemos on from the peering-into-the-crevices dept.

MickDownUnder writes "Ever wondered what the moon smells like (and no it's not like wensleydale) ? Or how good the skiing is there? If you do decide to hit the lunar slopes you may want to take a torch with you in case you run into your own shadow."

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  1. erosion? by Quadraginta · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think the superfine stuff on Earth gets picked up by our ubiquitous flowing water and turned into mud, which over geological time gets turned into shale, sandstone, and other sedimentary rock. That is, what we call "sand" on Earth consists of grains too large to be suspended in water. There's a lower limit on the size of "sand" on Earth that doesn't apply to "sand" on the Moon.

  2. Re:Mmmmm....... by Rei · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not the smell that's the problem. It's the fact that moon dust is mostly what is effectively powdered glass. Do you want that in your lungs?

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  3. Very interesting article by wcrowe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That was one of the more interesting articles I've ever seen featured on Slashdot. Too bad it was relegated to the back burner.

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